[tdf-announce] LibreOffice Localization Program in Saudi Arabia announced to enhance Arabic language related features

[Ibrahim Saed]

Thank you Shahar.

That's great news.

2012/9/13 Shahar Or <mightyiampresence at gmail.com>

> Yey!
>
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> From: Italo Vignoli <italo.vignoli at documentfoundation.org>
> Date: 13 September 2012 15:23
> Subject: [tdf-announce] LibreOffice Localization Program in Saudi Arabia
> announced to enhance Arabic language related features
> To: announce at documentfoundation.org
>
>
> The Document Foundation and the National Program for Free and Open
> Source Software Technologies (Motah) at King Abdulaziz City for Science
> and Technology (KACST) in Saudi Arabia work at the further enhancement
> of LibreOffice
>
> Berlin, September 13, 2012 - The Document Foundation and the National
> Program for Free and Open Source Software Technologies (Motah:
> http://www.motah.org.sa) at King Abdulaziz City for Science and
> Technology (KACST) in Saudi Arabia announce a Localization Program to
> enhance the Arabic language support in LibreOffice and solve related
> bugs, and contribute to the improvement and development of LibreOffice.
>
> Motah LibreOffice Project (http://motah.org.sa/en/?q=node/94) is one of
> the activities of Motah program at KACST, where several software
> products in various fields are studied to explore the extent of Arabic
> support and their suitability to the needs of Arab users. Thereafter,
> Motah team will work at improving the selected software products to meet
> those needs and requirements. LibreOffice was selected to be the first
> localization project because of its importance as an office suite whose
> functions are needed by all computer users.
>
> The main objectives of the project are the following:
>
> 1. Study LibreOffice and identify the bugs related to Arabic language,
> and validate that the software correctly supports languages written from
> right to left in all its functions and operations.
>
> 2. Work to solve these bugs and improve the LibreOffice support to
> languages written from right to left. The bugs are either discovered by
> Motah team members or posted in the LibreOffice Bugzilla website.
>
> 3. Work on simplifying and enhancing LibreOffice graphical user
> interface, to enhance the usability of the software.
>
> 4. Work on improving the Arabic Documentation as well as improving the
> Arabization of the graphical user interface, by reviewing and enhancing
> the existing translation.
>
> "As the first leading project in the Arabic region to support
> LibreOffice, Motah program is committed to support Arabic language and
> its use in modern technologies. Through local software engineers, young
> and open source enthusiasts, Motah has made its first contribution to
> LibreOffice 3.6.1 solving several bugs related to Arabic language and
> RTL format support. Motah will continue solving related bugs as well as
> improving the Arabic help and documentation as part of its contribution
> to the Arabic speaking ICT community. It is fascinating to see The
> Document Foundation combining people from different cultures, languages
> and geographical locations around the development of LibreOffice, the
> best free office suite ever", says Abdulrahman Alarifi, Motah Program
> Director.
>
> "Motah key contributions to LibreOffice are a demonstration of the
> unique advantages of TDF as an independent body, capable of pushing
> forward the free office suite and raising the bar of interoperability",
> comments Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board of The Document
> Foundation. "Only the balanced mix between organization and volunteer
> activities within TDF can guarantee the global reach of LibreOffice, and
> offer users a free office suite in their native language independently
> from their geography or language".
>
> Modern Standard Arabic is the official language of 26 states (Algeria,
> Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Israel,
> Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman,
> Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria,
> Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen), and is spoken by as many
> as 440 million native speakers.
>
> The modern written language is derived from the language of the Quran
> (known as Classical Arabic or Quranic Arabic) and is widely taught in
> schools, universities, and used to varying degrees in workplaces,
> government and the media.
>
> LibreOffice is available in their native language to over 95% of the
> world's population, thanks to a global volunteer community spanning over
> the five continents.
>
> LibreOffice can be downloaded at http://www.libreoffice.org/download.
>
> Short link to TDF blog: http://wp.me/p1byPE-jE.
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